I Love growing marijuana. I really do. Even if I sit on much more than I can smoke by myself, I am always on the hunt for something special, new and exciting.
This week all 3 plants developed the same mutation. On each plant, one bottom branch is now growing with 3 set of leaves. This made me believe I had some polyploids branches, but after talking to other growers and Luis from ACE, mutations would be closer to whorled phyllotaxy. It will be interesting to see how flowers develop. For what I can see, the stems and petiole seem be more brittle and thin, not sure it is a beneficial mutation. Maybe as they grow and mature branches will get thicker and sturdier. Let me know if you have any experience with this 😉!
Also, taking a moment to make a side by side pheno comparison: You can see how I am in a pickle with these completely different sizes and structure😯😮😱. Plant 1 is the sativa phenotype I was dreaming off. Plant 2 and 3... well I don't know what's going on!! ( I wish Luis at ACE would have gave me a few comments on them but he only respond to my questions about mutations). They look like indica hybrids but problem is after triple check Zamaldelica are pure sativa. I am keeping them only because they are ACE seeds. ACE always gave me good results. Gotta keep faith!!
I really wish I could transplant the tallest but I don't have any large ones for her. Gotta wait for the next grow to harvest.
@sativaman, for Sativa, certainly. Sativa leaves can’t store as much water as indica would. And dying leaves send nutes to buds. There is no way to reverse that. Again, you can strengthen leaves with boron. But I don’t see any point in doing so. By this stage, i would remove leaves anyway.
Buds, on the other hand, have no stomata. Buds don’t release water as fast. Buds will remain green.
ZD feeds okay. Not as lightly as pure land race sativa. But over feeding will burn pistils. These pistils are long. And burbt, they will look bad. ZD would better with moderate nutes.
At six weeks, they are crazy potent already. No issue on that front.
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@Med_in_Tropic, thank you very much! Can the extreme low humidity might be a concern too? The lowest my meter will go is 16% and it is consistently between 16 and 20%...
I will make a foliar this week end with some organic cal-mag see if it helps!!
@sativaman, i rather suspect there is nutrient imbalance. Either too much P and K or bot enough Calcium and Boron.
These are immobile nutrients. They must be sprayed on to the leaves. Feed them would be ineffective.
I would just spray universal micronutrients once. If not then calcium / epsum salt will do.
But really, there is no need to do anything. There is only a couple weeks of feeding left.
I grow outdoor and wash buds before drying anyway. So I don’t mind spraying immobile nutrients l.
@Med_in_Tropic, Nope. Sorry about the confusion in my journal, as I meant to say that plant 2 was chopped 3 weeks ago. I've edited the post.
Plant 1 and 2 were sampled. 2 is very strong, trippy, clean and long lasting. Plant 1 is energising, very trippy and psychedelic, strong and long lasting.
Pheno 3 will be chopped Sunday.
Thanks @PaulM! Nice to see you back! I tough you left or something happened to you grow... I got lucky enough to grow 2 large pheno out of 3 plants. All 3 are different.
Well done,both are great.i like that thin and tall structure.looks like one of them stretched a lot but bud forming is really good.this will be potent af
@HighRoller909, oh yes! And they smells like killer A5!! Very happy to look at them: I wish I could have them around my house, as companion plants. (But they would not be happy away from the lamps). Thanks for stopping by!
Just comparing the latest pics with 3 weeks ago... wow, these girls really went for it! Stunning form, the long internodes with those sativa fan leaves along them... 😍